French Olympian Sandra Forgues Comes Out Transgender
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | April 06, 2018
French Olympian Sandra Forgues has come out transgender.
Forgues, formerly known as Wilfrid Forgues, came out in an interview with L'Equipe, Outsports reported.
“I live a dream,” she said. “Until then, I had a really successful social, family and professional life. I was engaged in a billion things. But my intimate life was a prison. I always thought it would be one or the other.”
The slalom canoeist said that she decided to transition about 18 months ago.
The 48-year-old Forgues competed in three Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in canoe double in Atlanta and a bronze medal in Barcelona. Her partner in the canoe was Frank Adisson.
Forgues is among only a handful of Olympians who have come out transgender. Decathlon gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner came out publicly in a 2015 interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer.